Orthopedic Appointment

Yesterday was Arianna's the orthopedic appointment. Here is a picture of her being silly in the doctors office.

We had to get scoliosis x-rays before we saw the doctor. I even got a picture of them together.

Dr. Nielsen & Arianna

This doctor has actually had several DiGeorge patients and he was very impressed to see how well Arianna was doing. He checked the x-rays and she is at a 10 degree curve for her scoliosis. He said this is nothing to worry about right now.

I did ask about her leg pains and he has a pretty good theory for this. Of course it cannot medically be proven but I'll share for any other DiGeorge families that are having the leg pains. He said since Arianna is extremely flexibe in her joints and has low muscle tone that during the day her joints are not secured in place as well as a normal child would be. Therefor they rub against each other. Then at night when she stops to rest her joint are hurting. I'm not sure if Arianna's pain is in the joints but this will be interesting to find out when she is older to explain where the pain in coming from.

Other than that we don't have to go back for 1 year. YAY! He just told me to ben her over and check her spine in about 6 months to make sure there is no bump. If there is then I need to bring her in because that would be very bad. But I know my baby girl will be just fine.